Feb 11, 2025 | Blog, Heart and Vascular Disease, Neurological Disorders, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
A recent study has found that a stem cell therapy could reduce epileptic symptoms after stroke and help the brain recover. The study was performed at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease in California, USA, using a rat model of stroke. Stroke basics A...
Feb 4, 2025 | Blog, Heart and Vascular Disease, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
Scientists have shown that muscle patches grown from stem cells can be used to strengthen and help repair a failing heart. In a breakthrough clinical trial, ten patches containing 400 million cells were implanted on the heart of a 46-year-old woman who was suffering...
Aug 21, 2024 | Blog, Heart and Vascular Disease, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
A new clinical trial investigating the use of umbilical cord stem cells to treat chronic heart failure is currently underway. The Phase II trial, which is the first of its kind in the U.S., is being carried out by researchers at the University of Louisville. It’s also...
May 7, 2024 | Blog, Heart and Vascular Disease, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
In a study first published in April’s edition of Advanced Functional Materials, researchers found that stem cells boost natural repair following cardiac arrest. The most common consequence of cardiac arrest is brain injury. Decreased blood flow and oxygen to the brain...
Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Heart and Vascular Disease, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
It was announced this week that researchers at the University of East London had managed to grow a “heart” using stem cells. This breakthrough could be instrumental in paving the way for life-saving research into heart disease treatments, with stem cells playing a...
Dec 27, 2023 | Blog, Heart and Vascular Disease, News, Stem Cell News
A new study conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic has found that stem cell treatment for patients with advanced heart failure offers an improved quality of life. As many as 100,000 people are admitted to hospital in the UK every year due to heart attacks [1]....